greenwashing

From sanctions on terrorist financing coming back into vogue to a proliferation of neurodiversity employment tribunals and renewed charges of greenwashing, 2024 is shaping to be an ever more complex …

Overview of UK Sustainability Disclosure Standards The UK Sustainability Disclosure Standards (SDS) signify a major development in financial and corporate regulation, focusing on sustainability reporting. These standards, rooted in the …

Last week I wrote about a study that claims corporate greenwashing is growing at “an alarming rate.” The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) just published its latest report “Market integrity …

Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) – an energy company in California – settled with the California Attorney General over greenwashing allegations. The company made repeated marketing claims that natural gas …

SEC is quietly preparing for enforcement actions against asset managers making claims about their ESG investment strategies. This article from Financial Times reports: “The US Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement …

  A recent surge of environmental consciousness has put pressure on companies to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and shrink their environmental footprint. Businesses, large and small, are scrambling …

The Australian government has issued draft Environmental and Sustainability Guidance describing the obligations under Australian consumer law which businesses must comply with when making environmental and sustainability claims. The Guidance …

The European Supervisory Authorities have issued a definition of greenwashing applicable to banking, insurance, pensions and financial markets, and highlighted some of the risks that could lead to it. Greenwashing …

  Affecting UK and EU businesses, the subject of greenwashing is nearing legislative prohibition: the European Parliament has recently implemented regulations pertaining to the misrepresentation of products as sustainable. Such …

Abraham Lizama bought a turquoise knitted sweater in H&M’s “The Conscious Choice” collection from a retail store in St. Louis. According to Lizama, he believed this meant his sweater was …